“For every dollar of revenue generated by gambling, taxpayers must pay at least $3 in increased criminal justice costs, social welfare expenses, high regulatory costs, and increased infrastructure expenditures” SocialJusticePayCostDollarsCriminalsWelfareGamblingExpensesRevenueInfrastructureTaxpayersCriminal JusticeExpendituresSocial Welfare Author:John Warren Kindt
“Casinos don't bring business except for the gambling boys” BoysGamblingCasinos Author:John Warren Kindt
“Generally, traditional businesses were slow to recognize the way in which legalized gambling captured dollars from across the entire spectrum of the various consumer markets, but now they know” KnowsWayDollarsVariousTraditionalConsumersGamblingSpectrumCaptured Author:John Warren Kindt
“The gambling industry has a tendency to find public figures ... and these persons are used for their public image. These people generally come in for a couple of years and then they sell out and it's 100 percent owned by out-of-state interests” PeopleYearsPersonsStatesUsedInterestFiguresIndustryCouplePercentSellsTendenciesGamblingPublic FiguresPublic Image Author:John Warren Kindt
“People will spend a tremendous amount of money in casinos, money they normally would spend on refrigerators or a new car. Local businesses will suffer because they'll lose consumer dollars to casinos.” PeopleSufferingLosesCarAmountDollarsLocalsConsumersGamblingRefrigeratorsCasinosNew CarLocal Business Author:John Warren Kindt
“For every three machines, you lose two jobs out of the surrounding economy because people are dumping their money on gambling” PeopleTwoJobsThreeLosesEconomyMachinesGamblingTwo Jobs Author:John Warren Kindt
“If the government wants to stimulate the economy, it should outlaw gambling” IfsWantShouldGovernmentEconomyGamblingOutlaw Author:John Warren Kindt
“Gambling is a catalyst for economic downturn” EconomicGamblingCatalystDownturnEconomic Downturn Author:John Warren Kindt